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for national and regional services, with the number of available bays increased by a third from 18 to 24.

Deputy Cllr Adam Clarke, who leads on transport, air quality and the climate emergency, said: “St Margaret’s Bus Station represents an ambitious and important step forwards in our efforts to become a carbon neutral city.

“It shows our commitment to decarbonising our public buildings and will build on our work to promote sustainable transport and help improve services for bus passengers in and around the city, through our new Leicester Buses Partnership with local operators.

“This new landmark building has also made a huge and positive to the important St Margaret’s gateway and I am proud that this ambitious project and the fantastic project team behind it have been recognised with this award.”

The new St Margaret’s bus station was designed by BDP, a major international practice of architects, designers, engineers and urbanists, with construction of the new building carried out by the city council’s appointed contractors, leading construction and regeneration specialists Morgan Sindall.

Ronan Connelly, Architect Associate at BDP, said: “St Margaret’s Bus Station is now one of the most beautiful and important transport hubs in the UK and an exemplar for modern, sustainable design. Modern architecture should be careful, not careless, and transport buildings should respond to the requirements of modern cities like Leicester. We are extremely happy that the station has won this award and it demonstrates the importance of creating a world-class, inner-city building that is both simple and practical whilst achieving net zero carbon.”